Age related factors influence HIV testing within subpopulations: a cross sectional survey of MSM within the Celtic nations [PDF]
, 2019 Objectives: Despite a recent fall in the incidence of HIV within the UK, men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be disproportionately affected. As biomedical prevention technologies including pre-exposure prophylaxis are increasingly taken up to ...
Dalrymple, Jenny +4 more
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Early infant diagnosis of HIV infection at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Monrovia, Liberia
HIV Research & Clinical Practice, 2022 Background: Vertical transmission accounts for majority of new HIV infections among children worldwide. Ninety percent of HIV-positive children reside in Sub- Saharan Africa with their infection predominantly acquired via vertical transmission.
Umar I. U +3 more
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SAHARA-J, 2021 Reported barriers to HIV testing over the last 15 years have remained consistent, despite improved service offerings. We aimed to probe deeper by exploring how people who have never tested construct HIV testing in their talk.
Kyla Meyerson +3 more
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Trends in HIV testing and recording of HIV status in the UK primary care setting: a retrospective cohort study 1995-2005 [PDF]
, 2009 Objectives: To provide nationally representative data on trends in HIV testing in primary care and to estimate the proportion of diagnosed HIV positive individuals known to general practitioners (GPs).
Brook, G +12 more
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Counselling for an HIV test [PDF]
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1996 Abstract Doctors may feel uncomfortable with the prospect of discussing a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody test with their patient. This is in part because they do not enquire about high risk activity as part of a medical history.
S, Moss, O E, Williams, C R, Hind
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012 INTRODUCTION: In Sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 1.8 million became infected with the HIV in 2009 and Nigeria currently has about 3.4 million people living with HIV.
Sambo Adamu Umar, Oche Mansur Oche
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Social behaviors and HIV risk factors among men in Chad and Cameroon
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021 INTRODUCTION: The neighboring Republics of Chad and Cameroon have respectively one of the lowest and highest HIV prevalence rates in central Africa at 1.3% and 4.5%, respectively.
Bonheur Dounebaine, Kate Winskell
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Personal, interpersonal and structural challenges to accessing HIV testing, treatment and care services among female sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgenders in Karnataka state, South India. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Despite high HIV prevalence rates among most-at-risk groups, utilisation of HIV testing, treatment and care services was relatively low in Karnataka prior to 2008.
Beattie, Tara SH +5 more
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Annals, Academy of Medicine, SingaporeThe Joint United Nations Programme on human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) (UNAIDS) has set an ambitious goal to end AIDS by 2030 by achieving the 95-95-95 testing and treatment targets by 2025, where 95% of all ...
Chen Seong Wong +6 more
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Leveraging incentives to increase HIV testing uptake among men: qualitative insights from rural Uganda. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND:Few studies have explored how economic incentives influence behavioral outcomes. This study aimed to identify pathways of action of an incentives-based intervention to increase men's participation in HIV testing.
Byamukama, Ambrose +11 more
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